Resource > Expositions Of Holy Scripture (Maclaren) >
Genesis >
Eden Lost And Restored >
2. Heaven Restores The Lost Eden.
hide text
God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He hath prepared them a city.'
The highest conception we can form of heaven is the reversal of all the evil of earth, and the completion of its incomplete good: the sinless purity--the blessed presence of God--the fulfillment of all desires--the service which is blessed, not toil--the changelessness which is progress, not stagnation.